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minus-squaretreadful@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·1 day agoLots of neat uncomfortable questions arise though. At what point is it conscious? If it never experienced autonomy, life, locomotion, or social human interaction, is it torture or just its natural state of being?
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·22 hours agoLike how do we know it’s natural state isn’t just pure pain?
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·39 minutes agoMaybe it would be less happy without the pain!
Lots of neat uncomfortable questions arise though. At what point is it conscious? If it never experienced autonomy, life, locomotion, or social human interaction, is it torture or just its natural state of being?
Like how do we know it’s natural state isn’t just pure pain?
Maybe it would be less happy without the pain!